FLOOD IN MANAWATU
THIRD IN FORTNIGHT (P.A.) PALMERSTON N., July 12. Prolonged rain over the week-end, and warmer conditions which melted the snow on the Ruahine Ranges, resulted in the Manawatu, Pohangina and Oroua Rivers becoming flooded to-day. All three rivers are pouring their surplus into low-lying farm lands. The Oroua River overflowed its banks in the Kopane area and the eastern approach of a bridge giving access to Rongotea was scoured outnecessitating a long detour. This is the third flood in a fortnight which settlers in the lower areas have had to suffer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25276, 13 July 1943, Page 4
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